Can anyone point me to a freeware dictionary for poor spellers?
L

"How can you look up a word in the dictionary if you don’t know how to
spell it?"

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:17:04 +0200, Lefty Mills
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Can anyone point me to a freeware dictionary for poor spellers?

LFW of Pardon

http://webpages.charter.net/bobad/best.htm

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:27:44 +0000, jo <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:17:04 +0200, Lefty Mills
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Can anyone point me to a freeware dictionary for poor spellers?
>
>LFW of Pardon
>
>http://webpages.charter.net/bobad/best.htm


Good call. If you can get the first 2 or 3 letters, it "auto-advances" to
the word or at least puts it on the same page for you.

-- Bob

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:17:04 +0200, Lefty Mills
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Can anyone point me to a freeware dictionary for poor spellers?
>L
>
>"How can you look up a word in the dictionary if you don’t know how to
>spell it?"
>
Although I am a fairly good speller, I use TinySpell ...it runs
constantly.
http://www.megspace.com/computers/tinyspell/
It monitors your keyboard input, no matter where you are typing, and
notifys you of mistakes...either by visual color change, by a sound,
or both....then you look at its suggested alternates, click one, and
your choice is fixed automatically. You can add to its database.

>On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:17:04 +0200, Lefty Mills <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>Can anyone point me to a freeware dictionary for poor spellers?
>L
>
>"How can you look up a word in the dictionary if you don’t know how to
>spell it?"
>
What is Pardon?
===============
Pardon is a comprehensive dictionary utility. Many extensive
dictionaries are available, and are easily installed automatically.
Pardon provides quick lookups, is very easy to use, and supports
cross-references, grammar and relations between words. Pardon also
includes a Vocabulary Practice tool, extensive documentation, and the
interface has been localized to many common languages.

Features
========
* Intuitive interface
* Several comprehensive dictionaries freely available
* Online integration
* Dictionary creation tool
* Integrates with other software
* Several interface languages available!

Note: Pardon v2.0 - Last Freeware Edition

http://www.softbear.no/

http://www.softbear.no/pardon/dictionaries.shtml

Bill Day <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):

> http://www.megspace.com/computers/tinyspell/

Can anyone tell me why my Mozilla 1.7.1 browser using win98SE would freeze
on this site (and others) forcing a complete shutdawn/reboot?.It doesn't
happen using IE5.
I'm guessing something to do with java script but not sure, the "lake
applet" forces a reboot too. I am going to see if anyone here knows
something about it or, barring that, I going back to good old netscrape
4.78

granpaw

"Lefty Mills" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Can anyone point me to a freeware dictionary for poor spellers?
> L
>
> "How can you look up a word in the dictionary if you don’t know how to
> spell it?" GOOD QUESTION!!
>

I use a couple spellers that aren't bad but I, like you, would like one like
a little Franklin hand speller I had that figured it out phonically. Spell
it like it sounds and it would figure it out. None that I have seen for
computers do that .

Glenn

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:59:24 -0500, Bill Day
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:17:04 +0200, Lefty Mills
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Can anyone point me to a freeware dictionary for poor spellers?
>>L
>>
>>"How can you look up a word in the dictionary if you don’t know how to
>>spell it?"
>>
>Although I am a fairly good speller, I use TinySpell ...it runs
>constantly.
>http://www.megspace.com/computers/tinyspell/
>It monitors your keyboard input, no matter where you are typing, and
>notifys you of mistakes...either by visual color change, by a sound,
>or both....then you look at its suggested alternates, click one, and
>your choice is fixed automatically. You can add to its database.

Bill, do you find that you miss the icon color change when you
misspell a word and then later when you see it you don't know which
one is incorrect? I guess having the sound on would be better. Sounds
like a good spell checker though.

Glenn [another one :-)]

>>"Lefty Mills" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Can anyone point me to a freeware dictionary for poor spellers?
>> L
>>
>> "How can you look up a word in the dictionary if you don’t know how to
>> spell it?" GOOD QUESTION!!
>>
>On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 01:33:44 GMT, "Glenn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>I use a couple spellers that aren't bad but I, like you, would like one like
>a little Franklin hand speller I had that figured it out phonically. Spell
>it like it sounds and it would figure it out. None that I have seen for
>computers do that .
>
>Glenn
>
Enter: fonetic Get Back: phonetic

phonetic pho•net•ic
relating to speech sounds or phonetics; corresponding to speech sounds

Fredal's Dictionary is a very different and special kind of Desktop
Dictionary (American-English). It is a reincarnation of the Jorj
Shareware Dictionary (Jorj Software Co.), a TSR/DOS program and the
original Phonetic Dictionary. Because the program is very intuitive and
easy to use, the only instructions provided are the notes included in
the program itself. These notes can be viewed from the "About" box which
is accessed from the menu displayed when the Title bar Icon is clicked.
The menu is also displayed by right-clicking the Title bar itself.

A dictionary is always a "work-in-progress" and Fredal's Dictionary is
updated on a fairly regular basis. Fredal's Dictionary is a great
reference tool to have available while creating text documents when not
on-line. This dictionary has been specifically designed as a
computer-based reference and is unique in that it is the only phonetic
dictionary and also one that permits searches of the definitions in its
database, which greatly enhances its usefulness.

Best Regards,
George Fredal

http://www.volfirst.net/~sirjorj/index.html

Do you know where can I download the last free version of Pardon?

--
WebWalker